THOMAS v. STATE

No. 5787.

562 P.2d 425 (1977)

Hannah Haili THOMAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Hawaii, et al., Defendants, and Jennie T. Sebastian and Marvin H. Fukumitsu, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

March 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen B. Ryan, Honolulu, for defendants-appellants.

Robert B. Bunn, Honolulu (Cedes Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before RICHARDSON, C.J., and KOBAYASHI, OGATA, MENOR and KIDWELL, JJ.


MENOR, Justice.

This case involves a dispute over the ownership of certain appurtenant water rights. The principal parties in this appeal are Jennie T. Sebastian and Marvin H. Fukumitsu, appellants, and Kualoa Ranch, Limited, appellee.

The controversy has its genesis in a complaint filed in the circuit court on March 19, 1968, by Hannah Haili Thomas, George White, and Ellen White seeking to quiet title to eight parcels of land (Parcels I through VIII) situate...

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